So Many UNBELIEVABLE Sights!

The fact that I was in Africa at all was pretty unbelievable to me. And if you then add all the incredible things we saw, the experience as a whole was unbelievable, as well. It’s pretty hard to pick just one amazing sight from the sheer number of them to focus on, but one that for sure blew our minds was the morning we were driving in the Serengeti, rounded a curve… and came across two huge male lions lying in the road!!! Thankfully they didn’t seem hungry – the females are the hunters in the pride, and surely this pair had just eaten their fill and were sleeping it off in the shade of a tree. We were intimidated by the sheer size of their giant paws, and yet were so close to them that it was almost tempting to reach down and stroke their thick manes! The unexpectedness of the sighting combined with the sheer beauty of the animals and the fact that we were so close to them made for an unforgettable experience!

Absolutely unaffected by our arrival, even when other safari vehicles came up behind and pulled around us, they continued to lie where they were when we first came across them. The only sound the clicking of multiple camera lenses and a few excited whispers, we simply gawked and barely breathed, so anxious were we for them to sit and stay a while. Eventually they got up and wandered off, in no hurry and with no apparent destination in mind, but leaving behind an experience none of us is likely to every forget.

“…’Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.’”

(1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV)